Matthew

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 1:7a Solomon became king after his father David (1 Kings 1:28-2:12).  King Solomon was known as the wisest man ever (other than Jesus) as he asked God for understanding and discernment (1 Kings 3:4-15).  God gave King Solomon riches beyond measure and wisdom greater than […]

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 1:6b The story of David being anointed king is found in 1 Samuel 16:1-13.  The story of King David and the wife of Uriah is found in 2 Samuel 11 in that this was an adulterous union that bore a child that died as a

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 1:3b-6a From Genesis 38 we hear no more about the genealogy until we reach Jacob’s last words to his children in Genesis 49 where his blessing to Judah includes words that would become true in the coming of the Messiah.  Included in this is Jacob’s

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 1:3a In Genesis 38 is the story of how Perez and his twin brother came to be.  It is quite shocking to grasp this group of people including the firstborn of Judah, Er, his younger brothers, Onan and Shelah, along with his Canaanite wife Shua. 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 1:2 God spoke to Abram in Genesis 17:4 (NKJV) declaring, “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.”  We might ask, “Why did God choose Abram/Abraham to be the father of the people He would